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Les Invalides, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Les Invalides, commonly known as The National Residence of the Invalids, or also as Hôtel des Invalides, is a complex of museums and monuments, that Louis XIV initiated the project in 1670, as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers. The buildings all relate to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building’s original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l’Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the Dôme des Invalides, a large church with the burial site for some of France’s war heroes, most notably Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Dome des Invalides and Army Museum viewed from L’Esplanade des Invalides

Dome of the Institut De France near the Pont des Arts
The Dome des Invalides viewed from the Rodin Museum
The Dome des Invalides viewed from the Place Vauban

Pont dÁlexandre and the Dome des Invalides
Detail of the Dome des Invalides
The Dome des Invalides viewed from the Place Vauban

Eifeltower and the canons of the Army Museum along the Rue St Dominique
The Dome des Invalides viwed from the Rue St Dominique
The Dome des Invalides

The Dome des Invalides and Army Museum viewed from L’Esplanade des Invalides